GLOVERVILLE, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) – Two children were killed in a home fire across from Gloverville Park on Monday, according to authorities.
The Aiken County Coroner’s Office told us the fire was reported at approximately 12:50 a.m. at a home on the 200 block of Pine Street.
Four children and their mother were transported to Aiken Regional Medical Centers and Doctors Hospital, said Coroner Darryl Ables.
6-year-old Serahya Jordan was pronounced dead at 1:57 a.m. and her sister, 8-year-old Deandolyn Jordan, was pronounced dead at 2 a.m., according to Ables.
A third sibling was transported to Doctors Hospital in critical condition, Ables says. The mother and fourth sibling were transported to Aiken Regional Medical Centers with non-life-threatening injuries.
When we arrived just before 7 a.m., crews had already left.
Neighbors on scene told a News 12 crew they assisted the fire department in trying to remove the children from the home.
Autopsies will be performed in Newberry to determine the cause of death. The coroner’s office along with the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office and SLED are continuing the investigation.
The children’s deaths will be the fourth fire deaths in South Carolina in a week.
Over the weekend, the Orangeburg County Coroner’s Office says a 77-year-old man has died after a house fire on Saturday.
The coroner’s office says Hubert Adams died in the fire.
The Orangeburg County Fire Department says at 4:13 a.m., the Orangeburg County Communications Center received a 911 call for a reported house fire on Five Chop Road.
Also last week, a 73-year-old woman was identified after a house fire in Jackson last Sunday.
According to the Aiken County Coroner’s Office, 73-year-old Lois Miller’s death was due to smoke inhalation and thermal burns.
Deputies responded to the home on the 100 block of Hidden Springs Road.
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